At 2/16/2004 07:29 PM, you wrote: >Bob Stevens wrote: >>David Brodbeck wrote: >>"They have improved their equipment a lot in the last few years, though." >> >>I was cruising home this weekend from St. George, UT doing maybe 80 and a >>UHaul passes me like I was doing 50. They have improved their EQP. This was >>a fairly good sized "box" and about 16' or so. It was bright, shiny and new. > >Yeah, the one I rented to tow my '82 with a couple years ago looked >brand new and had a V-10 engine and an automatic transmission with >overdrive. Very different from the 55-mph governed, manual-shift trucks >you used to get. There are still old manual shift trucks in the system, I used one to move from MN last Aug. It was a big one & diesel .
Rob rob_b9@lycos.com Now in western Washington, USA |
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